Mirror door



Oct. 27, 1931. A. KATZMAN ET AL MIRROR DOOR Filed Deo.

INV NTORS aro/7 /6052 ww@ ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 27, 1931 AARON KATZMAN AND LOUIS KATZMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK MIRROR DOOR Application filed December 21, 1929. Serial No. 415,684.

Our invention relates to means for securing a mirror to a door or the like.

An object of theSi/nv'ention consists in the provision of mirrorholding clips extending through openings in the door and resiliently retracted by means applied behind the door. In this way the mirror can be neatly and snugly held without danger of breaking, the resilient means being concealed behind the door.

Another object consists in the provision on the back of the door of a flanged cover completely enclosing the clips and retracting means and giving the door-back a neat, attractive appearance free from exposed openings.

The invention will be best understood from the following description of illustrative embodiments thereof.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation;

Fig. 2 is a section onl line 2 2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of a part of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on line 44, Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a similar section of a modication;

Fig. 6 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1 with parts broken away;

Fig. 7 is a perspective of a modied form of clip retracting device;

Fig. 8 is a perspective of an expansion spring used with the clip connecting means of Fig. 7

Fig. 9 is a transverse section of a door equipped with the retracting means of Figs.

.7 and 8; and

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are, respectively, transverse and longitudinal sections and a rear perspective of a further modified form' of cushion means for retracting a holding clip.

Reference numeral designates the plate or door to which mirror 12 is attached by clips 14 having fingers 16 to engage the mirror 12. Clips 14 extend through holes 18 to the back of door 10 and the formation of their rearwardly projecting portions depends on the mode of retraction adopted.

In the form of Figs. 1-3, clips 1() have a lateral extension by which they are secured, as by spot welding, in pairs to a U- bar 22 the recess 23 wherein faces toward the back of the door and receives a cushion member 24 of sponge rubber or the like of dimension to project from recess 23 and make resilient thrusting engagement vwith the back 55 of door 10 to thereby retract slips 14, fingers 16 thereof, and mirror 12. Attachment of the clips to bars 22 in the manner described facilitates assembly. Two 'or more clips are l thereby set in place at one time. 60

The bars'22, clips 14 and cushions 24 can be enclosed within the flanged cover 26, the flan es 28 of which engage closely against the ack of the door. Cover 26 can be secured by screws 30 which may either be 65 screwed into screw-threaded openings 32 (Fig. 5) in bars 34 attached, 'as by spot welding to the back of the door, or may extend through holes 32a and be screwed into nuts 36 inserted into recesses 38 provided therefor 70 in bars A34. Nuts 36 are preferably spot welded into place in the recesses provided therefor before bars 34 are attached to the door-back, and thus the screws can be screwed home without manually adjusting or 75 holding the nuts during insertion of the screws. The flanges 40 of bars 34 are preferably of the same height as the flanges 28A of covers 26, enabling the cover plates 26 to be quite thin and yet be held in plane surface 8o formation.

An alternative form of detachable spring retracting means for retracting the clips may comprise rectangularly tubular connecting members 42 (Fig. 7) for connecting the clips 85 14-in pairs, as by being spot welded to clipextensions 20, and springs 44 of substantially hairpin form and adapted when compressed and pushed into the ends of the tubular connections 42 to leave a spring loop 46 project- 90 ing therefrom adapted to make a resilient retracting engagement with the back of door 10, as clearly shown in Fig. 9.

Another form of cushion retractor is as shown in Figs.10, 11 and 12, in which the 95 clip 14 is formed with a substantially hooked part which receives a wedge shaped U- bar 52 with a struck up tongue 54 to retain it in place within hook 50 and with the inwardly opening recess 56 thereof receiving 100 acushion member 58 'of spongerubber or the like which projects from recess 56 and Vmakes retracting resilient engagement Withthe back of door 10.2 The cover arrangement of Figs. 1-5 can also be used With the modied forms l of Vclip retractor means, as Will beY readilyV understood. l Y y Y i Y ters-Patent is 1 4@ @np 'members'f behind nieuwe f0- thereby 1.v A door having openings therethrough, a-xmirror, 'clip members vextending through the-openingsl inthe doorfrom thevback-and having lingers. engaging the mirror; resilient cushion means reacting` against the door# back and servingtorlexert thrust on thev clip members behind the door tothereby clamp r the mirror by :the clip ngerssnuglybut yieldably yagainst 'theV door, lsaidf resilient cushion means comprising a crossbar and a? resilient cushiom'said cross-ban,connecti-ng certain of' the clip? members behind the door and beingjrecessedon thek side toward. they door-backr, with 'said' resilient cushion fin said` recess and exertingvthfrust against theV doori back gq; Y, .K V;

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door-1 having' openings therethrough, a mirror, clip members having'ngers eX,-

the door-back and against parts of the clip members respectively to snugly but yield- Vably vclamp the mirror on the door by the clip memberv lingers, flanged bars on the door-back and having apertures therein and nuts. held captive behind4 the apertures and in alignment therewith, anda anged cover plate detachably secured on the door-back by screws passing through the cover plate through the holes' inY-th'ebarsfand screwed intol said captive nuts, and said cover plate beingarranged to enclose the bars on the doorfbackfand theparts of the clip members projecting backWardly from the door.

In testimony whereof'l We have signed our names hereto. l .t Y f l' y AARON KATZMAN.

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